It was just this week on Wednesday. The morning had been rainy and wet, but the sun was beginning to break through. It was in the 50s, and we were sick of freezing temperatures, cold winds, and winter rain. A quick Facebook chat led to us throwing off the books for the day and getting…
As soon as I saw my friend Jessica’s creative food-coloring-free birthday cakes I knew that they should be shared. She does a wonderful job creating fun cakes for her kids without using dyes or artificial ingredients (well, except for the toys). And she doesn’t blog, but she did agree to write a post about them…
This post contains affiliate links. Disclosure. As a kid, I was a reader. A lot doesn’t even begin to describe how much I read. And though it had to happen at some point, I can’t remember not being able to read or learning to read. I just remember hours spent curled up with a good…
February Writing Bingo and Reading Logs are now on the email feed! If you would like to get your new copy each month, all you have to do is subscribe to one of my email lists — each post as published, weekly digest, or monthly newsletter. You choose which option(s) you want and the next…
Welcome to Project Snapshot In this space we endeavor to capture a memory with camera, just words, or both. Share a memory from your week that you do not wish to forget — a laugh with a child, a moment with a spouse, a memory gathered while alone. In time we will have a collection…
Open Pinterest and it hits you in the face like a pink-glitter-dipped-flowery-heart-cutesy-teddy-bear — well you get the idea. Valentines activities for the preschool crowd are everywhere right now. Which is all well and good, if you have preschoolers who like that sort of thing. But what about the older kid? The mid-elementary-aged, not yet jaded,…
The following post contains affiliate links. Disclosure. One afternoon, about four days before Christmas Eve, a friend dropped by with her girls. They are all in choir with Olivia, and the oldest brought a copy of the children’s choir song book. She was going to help Olivia with her solo. Unbeknownst to me, Olivia did…
Welcome to Project Snapshot In this space we endeavor to capture a memory with camera, just words, or both. Share a memory from your week that you do not wish to forget — a laugh with a child, a moment with a spouse, a memory gathered while alone. In time we will have a collection…
This is part three of a three-part series on building a homeschool tribe. Be sure to also read part one and part two. After about seven months of planning homeschool activities in my area, I noticed that a core group of people were usually the ones attending my events. We always had a few extra…
This is part two of a three-part series on building a homeschool tribe you will love. You can read part one here. Once I was a member of a few local organizations for homeschoolers, I was ready to start narrowing down the mass of people to those who were searching for the same support and…
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